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WWE SUPERSTARS REPORT: UNITED STATES AND TAG CHAMPIONS IN ACTION; FORMER TAG CHAMPS FACE OFF IN THE OPENER

By Richard Trionfo on 2012-02-10 00:13:40
We start off this week’s show with the Smackdown brand and your announcers are Matt Striker and Josh Mathews.

Match Number One: Justin Gabriel versus Heath Slater

They lock up and Slater with an arm drag and Heath celebrates. They lock up again and Slater works on the wrist. Gabriel with a flip and arm drag followed by a drop toe hold and he applies an arm bar. Slater with a slam but Gabriel holds on to the arm bar. Gabriel with a shoulder tackle and then he follows with an arm drag into an arm bar.

Slater with a punch and elbow to the head. Gabriel with punches of his own but Slater responds and it staggers Gabriel. Gabriel with kicks and chop. Gabriel is sent to the apron and then eh slides back in and he clotheslines Slater over the top rope to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Gabriel with an abdominal stretch and kick. Gabriel with an Irish whip but Slater sends Gabriel to the apron. Gabriel with a forearm but Slater with a neck breaker and he punches Gabriel. Slater with a kick to the midsection and he snap mares Gabriel and then he applies a key lock. Slater turns it into a cravate as well.

Gabriel with punches and he tries for a rollup but Slater holds on to the ropes. Slater with a neck breaker for a near fall. Slater punches Gabriel and chokes him in the ropes. Slater charges into the corner but Gabriel sends Slater over the top rope to the floor with a head scissors. Gabriel with a baseball slide and then he skins the cat back into the ring and hits a pescado onto Slater.

Gabriel with a springboard cross body for a near fall. Gabriel with an STO and then he goes up top for the 450 splash but Slater rolls to the other side of the ring. Gabriel with a running forearm into the corner followed by punches. Gabriel with a Blue Thunder Driver for a near fall. Gabriel misses a splash into the corner and Slater with a spinebuster for a near fall.

Gabriel with an elbow drop and then he goes up top for the 450 splash but Slater blocks him. Slater sets for a superplex but Gabriel pushes Slater off the turnbuckels. Slater leaps up the turnbuckles and hits a power slam but Slater appears to have hurt his knee. Slater gets a near fall.

Slater punches Gabriel but Gabriel with an elbow when Slater charges. Gabriel goes up top again but Slater crotches Gabriel. Slater tries for a neck breaker but Gabriel escapes and he hits a jumping back kick. Gabriel goes up top and hits the 450 splash for the three count.

Winner: Justin Gabriel

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Yoshi Tatsu versus Johnny Curtis

They lock up and Curtis with a hammer lock but Yoshi with a reversal. Curtis gets to the ropes and he pushes Yoshi away. Curtis with a slam but he misses a knee drop. Yoshi with a Japanese arm drag but Curtis with a hot shot. Curtis with a European uppercut to the back followed by a forearm to the back.

Curtis with an Irish whip and he follows it closely with a clothesline. Curtis does the crane kick set up and then applies a front face lock. Yoshi with punches but Curtis with forearms to stop Yoshi. Curtis chokes Yoshi in the ropes. Curtis gets a near fall. Curtis with a reverse chin lock. Curtis with forearms after Yoshi connected with punches.

Curtis misses a charge into the corner and Yoshi with chops. Yoshi kicks Curtis into the turnbuckles and hits the flying knees into the corner followed by a running kick to the chest for a near fall. Yoshi goes up top and he leaps over Curtis and hits a round kick to the head for the three count.

Winner: Yoshi Tatsu

We go to commercial.

We are back with the Raw portion of the show and your announcers are Scott Stanford and Josh Mathews.

Match Number Three: Epico and Primo with Rosa Mendes versus JTG and Michael McGillicutty

Michael and Primo start things off and Primo works on the arm and he takes Micahel to the mat and Rosa gives Primo a kiss. Michael with a side head lock and then he takes Primo down to the mat. Michael has something to say to Rosa and then he punches Primo and hits a drop kick after a leap frog and then he clotheslines Primo over the top rope to the floor.

Rosa and Epico distract Michael and that allows Primo to attack Michael from behind. Epico tags in and he kicks Michael in the corner. Epico with a drop kick and he gets a near fall. Epico with a reverse chin lock. Michael with punches and he counters a neck breaker with a back slide and gets a near fall.

Winners: Epico and Primo

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four: Santino Marella versus Jack Swagger with Vickie Guerrero

They lock up and Santino plays with Swagger’s hair. Santino with a few kicks and punches that miss. Swagger punches Santino and then he sends Santino into the turnbuckles and punches him. Swagger misses a charge into the corner and Santino misses Swagger. Swagger with a forearm to the kidneys. Swagger with another forearm to the kidneys.

Swagger traps the arm and then he puts Santino in the corner and slaps him in the head. Santino floats over in the corner and hits a drop kick but Swagger with a running shoulder tackle after Santino misses a drop kick. Swagger chokes Santino in the ropes. Swagger with a clothesline and gets a near fall. Swagger with a key lock on Santino.

Santino with punches but Swagger with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Swagger with a slam and then he hits the double jump Swagger Bomb and then he turns Santino over and does push ups. Swagger avoids a punch from Santino and responds with a punch of his own. Santino with forearms but Swagger with a punch and Santino goes down.

Swagger puts Santino in the corner for another double jump Swagger Bomb but he takes too long and Santino rolls out of the way. Santino with jabs to Swagger and then he does the split followed by a hip toss. Santino with the diving head butt and then he sets up the Cobra by putting his sock on his arm. Swagger avoids the Cobra but Santino with a sunset flip for a near fall.

Swagger with a boot to the head and then he puts Santino in the ankle lock and Santino taps out.

Winner: Jack Swagger

We go to credits.

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